INSULIN DANGER.
LONDON. Nov. 13. Calling attention to certain dangers in using insulin the Lancet urges that precautions should be taken in order to make the treatment a safe one. Dangerous symptoms may result from too large a dose, which reduces the sugar content of the blood below normal. An overdose may give rise to lassitude, dizziness, hunger, pain and other unpleasant symptoms. In more severe eases the patient may become unconscious suddenly while talking or eating. All these effects can be removed quickly by giving sugar to eat or injecting dextrose into a vein. Patients taking insulin are advised to carry four or five lumps of sugar in their pockets for use in emergency. A further precaution advised is to carry a card in the pocket or tied round the neck stating that the patient is taking insulin and has sugar in the pocket. This latter is desirable so that if a doctor were called to an unconscious patient he might understand the cause.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1924, Page 4
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165INSULIN DANGER. Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1924, Page 4
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